Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [noun] but [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steve Gaughan should have made more of a dangerous free kick on the edge of the Stoke box but fired his 20-yard effort wide . |
| 2 | Najibullah 's offer was welcomed by the Pakistan government but spurned by the hardline mujaheddin groups . |
| 3 | Scoobie had found his way onto the Mull ferry but had not enjoyed the trip and was mightily relieved to be found by his owner . |
| 4 | The foreign secretaries of the two countries did not deal with the political issues in the Kashmir crisis but focused on military confidence-building measures . |
| 5 | Keeps bouncing back : dumped by the Chicago Cubs in 1985 after injury , but was reprieved by Pittsburgh ; lasted a mere 18 pitches against the Cubs in game two of the NL play-offs but came back to win the decisive game five . |
| 6 | He was appointed to the post of ‘ Deputy Secretary-General of Information ’ in the Vichy regime but resigned in January 1941 . |
| 7 | As an ex-naval coxswain I was not obliged to take the Mountbatten course but did in fact take a refresher course at the Command Navigation Centre , HMS Raleigh at Torpoint which , under the auspices of a Lieut Commander fresh from training at Dartmouth Naval College , I found very arduous . |
| 8 | The CDU parliamentary group had accused Gies ( who had headed the CDU list but had not won a direct seat in the October 1990 Landtag election ) of obliging three other CDU delegates to resign after that election by alleging that they had worked for the former East German " Stasi " security police . |
| 9 | Hereford saw off the Doncaster attack but missed good chances to get a few more goals … 2-1 top marks to Greg Downs and his men |
| 10 | He expects continued growth in the United States but did not elaborate . |
| 11 | That played big in the UK press but caused scarcely a ripple beyond the shores of Britain . |
| 12 | A similar declaration was to have been signed between the EC and the USa at the Paris summit but foundered on disagreements between the two parties , especially on the issue of including a commitment to resolve the deadlock on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) [ see p. 37796 ] . |
| 13 | Robson , who saw Brazil beat the Italians 1-0 in Bologna in October , flew on to Cagliari disappointed at the spectacle in the Feyenoord Stadium but impressed with Brazil 's organisation . |
| 14 | Mr Thompson , 78 , of St James Road , Romanby , Northallerton , was rushed to the Friarage Hospital but died after being transferred to Middlesbrough General Hospital . |
| 15 | The population of Korea averaged around eight million during the Yi era but increased rapidly in the twentieth century growing from approximately ten million in 1900 to about thirty million in 1949 . |
| 16 | Indeed Hubert Landais , the last Directeur but one , was appointed during the Giscard years but stayed on with Jack Lang . |
| 17 | It occurred at a time when abolitionist leaders hoped for improved treatment of slaves in the West Indies but had not focused on emancipation as an objective and had not specifically propagandised for it . |
| 18 | Palmer welcomed the US decision but emphasized that the government 's popular anti-nuclear stance was " non-negotiable " . |
| 19 | But in recent years sterling has appreciated against the US dollar but depreciated against the major European currencies and also the Japanese yen . |
| 20 | During 1991 , for instance , Hi-Five 's ‘ I Like The Way ( The Kissing Game ) ’ , a Jive release , headed the US listings but failed to dent the Top 40 here , a similar fate befalling Surface 's ‘ The First Time ’ . |
| 21 | Couples not only finished top of the US rankings but became only the eighth player in history to win the Vardon Trophy , awarded for the lowest stroke average , and the PGA Player of the Year . |
| 22 | The elephant had been leading a procession down the Chandni Chowk but had halted outside Gunthe Wallah 's and had refused to move on towards the Red Fort , despite the frantic proddings of its mahout , until it was first allowed to consume a box of Gunthe Wallah 's best mithai . |
| 23 | For a period they went to the cinema together , two or three times a week , afterwards eating at the Venezia in Great Chapel Street , also drinking in the Black Horse , or the Highlander ( now called the Nellie Dean ) or at the French ( originally known as the York Minster but renamed after its association during the war with the Free French ) . |
| 24 | WHEN three European foreign ministers trooped off to Moscow last week , Mikhail Gorbachev talked politely about the Gulf war but failed to mention the peace plan he was about to launch . |
| 25 | A Thai Army official admitted on Jan. 2 , 1990 , that Myanma soldiers had crossed the Moei river but denied that they had been given permission to do so . |
| 26 | His strike in the 68th minute , from a MacLaren pass , beat the Bolton goalkeeper but hit the upright . |
| 27 | The result of this was that the sales force on the continent had lost confidence with the Axminster products but needed them for contract work , eg hotels … |
| 28 | Police from Consett searched the Waskerley area but found nothing . |
| 29 | Gerard Robson , a member of the Falkland Islands ' Legislative Council , was quoted in the Financial Times of Feb. 16 as stating that Falkland Islanders would not be " overjoyed " by the Madrid agreement but recognized that matters of defence and foreign affairs were the responsibility of the UK government . |